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DEATH OF GANNON JOHNSON FROM LAST YEAR. HAPPENING TONIGHT A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SHARES HER INCREDIBLE STORY OF PERSEVERANCE. ROSIE ROSENKRANTZ WILL SPEAK AT DEPAUL GALLERY ON TULANES CAMPUS AT 6:30 P.M. DESCRIBED AS A MIRACLE BABY, ROSIE WAS BORN IN A SIBERIAN SLAVE LABOR CAMP. HER TALK KICKS OFF ONLY MIRACLES, A PLAY BASED ON THE LIFE OF HER PARENTS. EVENT ORGANIZERS HOPE THE CONVERSATION WILL BRING THIS DIFFICULT MOMENT OF HISTORY INTO SHARPER FOCUS. WE CAN READ THE TEXTBOOKS AND WE CAN WATCH THE DOCUMENTARIES, BUT I THINK ITS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT TO SIT DOWN AND ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS ACTUALLY THERE AND CAN SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY ON THE EXPERIENCE. ONLY MIRACLES OPENS THIS SATURDAY AT THE TOURO SYNAGOGUE ON SAINT CHARLES AVENUE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ATTENDING

Holocaust survivor described as 'miracle baby' to speak at Tulane Wednesday

Rosie Rosenkranz was born in a Siberian labor camp.

Updated: 8:47 AM CDT Apr 10, 2024

A Holocaust survivor will share her story during a talk on Tulane University's campus on Wednesday.Rosy Rosenkranz is described as a miracle baby, born in a Siberian slave labor camp, according to Professor Dodd Loomis, who has researched her family extensively.Rosenkranz will speak at 6:30 p.m. inside the Diboll Gallery. Her talk is open to the public, but registration is required. To do so, click here.The conversation kicks off the opening of "Only Miracles," a play telling the story of Rosenkranz's parents.Its first showing is Saturday, April 13, inside the Touro Synagogue on St. Charles Avenue. To purchase tickets, click here. Loomis wrote, produced and directed the play, which he hopes will be an active and immersive experience for attendees."I think when you sit down and read a book, for me ... its easy to just engage the prefrontal cortex and turn this into an academic experience," Loomis said. "Theres some value there, but we have to push beyond that, and what Im trying to do is have the audience have an emotional connection."He hopes through both the talk with Rosenkranz and the play, people will understand the Holocaust more effectively."When you say six million, I cant wrap my head around that. Its a statistic. Theres no emotional piece," Loomis said. "So to be able to tell two people's, two survivors' stories, both of which all of their families were killed, in real personal detail, to me, informs the greater whole."

A Holocaust survivor will share her story during a talk on Tulane University's campus on Wednesday.

Rosy Rosenkranz is described as a miracle baby, born in a Siberian slave labor camp, according to Professor Dodd Loomis, who has researched her family extensively.

Rosenkranz will speak at 6:30 p.m. inside the Diboll Gallery. Her talk is open to the public, but registration is required. To do so, click here.

The conversation kicks off the opening of "Only Miracles," a play telling the story of Rosenkranz's parents.

Its first showing is Saturday, April 13, inside the Touro Synagogue on St. Charles Avenue. To purchase tickets, click here.

Loomis wrote, produced and directed the play, which he hopes will be an active and immersive experience for attendees.

"I think when you sit down and read a book, for me ... its easy to just engage the prefrontal cortex and turn this into an academic experience," Loomis said. "Theres some value there, but we have to push beyond that, and what Im trying to do is have the audience have an emotional connection."

He hopes through both the talk with Rosenkranz and the play, people will understand the Holocaust more effectively.

"When you say six million, I cant wrap my head around that. Its a statistic. Theres no emotional piece," Loomis said. "So to be able to tell two people's, two survivors' stories, both of which all of their families were killed, in real personal detail, to me, informs the greater whole."

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Holocaust survivor described as 'miracle baby' to speak at Tulane Wednesday - WDSU New Orleans

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